Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form
This study describes the psychometric properties of a Hong Kong Chinese version of the short form of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey (SPUNS-SF) for caregivers of patients with cancer. A convenience sample of 280 patient-caregiver dyads was recruited between April and June 2018. A s...
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doaj-06a6b3057e9740cc849c4773675bb2ea2020-11-25T02:30:54ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-10-011621410310.3390/ijerph16214103ijerph16214103Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short FormDoris Y. P. Leung0Yin-Ping Choy1Wai-Man Ling2Elaine Yim3Winnie K. W. So4Carmen W. H. Chan5Yim-Wah Mak6School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, ChinaNethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaNethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaThis study describes the psychometric properties of a Hong Kong Chinese version of the short form of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey (SPUNS-SF) for caregivers of patients with cancer. A convenience sample of 280 patient-caregiver dyads was recruited between April and June 2018. A subsample of 70 caregivers completed the survey again, two weeks later. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examined the instrument’s factorial structure, ordinal alpha coefficients evaluated the internal consistency, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) assessed the test-retest reliability. Convergence validity was evaluated by the correlations with sleep disturbance and caregiver burden in caregivers. The Hong Kong Chinese version of the SPUNS-SF (SPUNS-SFHKC) had a high completion rate of 96.8% (271/280) among caregivers. The original five-factor model provided an acceptable fit with the data in the CFA. The ordinal alpha coefficients were 0.866−0.945, and the two-week test-retest reliabilities were 0.524−0.678. The correlations of the five domains of the SPUNS-SFHKC with caregiver burden were 0.257−0.446, and for sleep disturbance were 0.075−0.464. The SPUNS-SFHKC has a suitable factor structure and psychometric properties for use in assessing unmet supportive needs among Chinese caregivers of patients with cancer. The applicability of the instrument for long-term use still needs to be studied.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/21/4103chinesecancercaregiverneedsspuns-sf |
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Doris Y. P. Leung Yin-Ping Choy Wai-Man Ling Elaine Yim Winnie K. W. So Carmen W. H. Chan Yim-Wah Mak Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health chinese cancer caregiver needs spuns-sf |
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Doris Y. P. Leung Yin-Ping Choy Wai-Man Ling Elaine Yim Winnie K. W. So Carmen W. H. Chan Yim-Wah Mak |
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Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form |
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Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form |
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Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form |
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Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form |
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Validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey—Short Form |
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validation of the hong kong chinese version of the support person’s unmet needs survey—short form |
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This study describes the psychometric properties of a Hong Kong Chinese version of the short form of the Support Person’s Unmet Needs Survey (SPUNS-SF) for caregivers of patients with cancer. A convenience sample of 280 patient-caregiver dyads was recruited between April and June 2018. A subsample of 70 caregivers completed the survey again, two weeks later. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examined the instrument’s factorial structure, ordinal alpha coefficients evaluated the internal consistency, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) assessed the test-retest reliability. Convergence validity was evaluated by the correlations with sleep disturbance and caregiver burden in caregivers. The Hong Kong Chinese version of the SPUNS-SF (SPUNS-SFHKC) had a high completion rate of 96.8% (271/280) among caregivers. The original five-factor model provided an acceptable fit with the data in the CFA. The ordinal alpha coefficients were 0.866−0.945, and the two-week test-retest reliabilities were 0.524−0.678. The correlations of the five domains of the SPUNS-SFHKC with caregiver burden were 0.257−0.446, and for sleep disturbance were 0.075−0.464. The SPUNS-SFHKC has a suitable factor structure and psychometric properties for use in assessing unmet supportive needs among Chinese caregivers of patients with cancer. The applicability of the instrument for long-term use still needs to be studied. |
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